Education for Survival
The Jews
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2201651 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louis Wirth (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1943 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 682-691 |
| Publication date | 1943-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/219265 |
| OpenAlex | W2010976856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The strong emphasis and high valuation which the Jews have historically placed on learning created a common consciousness and coherence which assured their survival as a separate group despite their wide dispersion. Jewish education until the Enlightenment consisted mainly of rote learning and casuistic interpretation of sacred texts. It remained medieval in spirit longest where the opportunities for participation in capitalistic secular culture were most restricted. In more recent times the increasing migration of Jews to the urban areas of advanced capitalistic nations has tended to weaken the influence of religious education with all but the nationalist groups. For the most part, Jewish learning now serves only as a supplement to the secular public education. The contrast between the highly urbanized, sophisticated Jews and the Negroes is great. Nonetheless, as minority peoples they have many common problems of adjustment and orientation
Consciousness · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Judaism · Nationalism · Political science · Secular education · Secularism · Social science · Sociology · Theology · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 1977 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |